German Chancellor Olaf Schotz.Photo: OlafScholz Twitter
Russia has invaded Ukraine, and world leaders have recently traveled to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to express their solidarity. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had previously been refused a visit to Ukraine, which attracted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was dissatisfied and told himself Will not go to Ukraine in the future.
Steinmeier had originally wanted to visit Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine with the presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and other Baltic countries, but was rejected by the Ukrainian side. he goes”.
Since Steinmeier maintained extremely friendly relations with Russia during his tenure as foreign minister in the past, and even called Russia an “indispensable partner”, Ukraine, Poland and other countries opposed the push for Nord Stream 2 during his tenure, which made Ukraine feel great dissatisfied.
However, Xiaoz seems to be dissatisfied with Ukraine’s unilateral refusal. He talked regarding the matter in an interview with German TV 2 recently. He believes that Germany has provided a lot of military and economic assistance, and the refusal of the presidential visit is completely unacceptable, let alone I will not go to Ukraine in the future.